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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 03:34 AM
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Battery Drainage

Anyone know what's the normal battery drainage for our car when the car is off ?
Mine reads around 100 mA ...
I tried search but couldn't find any useful info. Thanks
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 06:53 AM
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battery

Hi there

100ma is a rather big dark current, (I think Mazda tells it should be 30ma by default). On my car I saw a 50-60ma dark current. I did have flat battery issues, but that was caused by the Interceptor EMS. I found the solution for that . If you have the Intereptor EMS, just do a search on my posts for the solution .
I you do not have he IntX then I would remove the room fuse and measure the current again. Maybe it is due to an extra device you have installed ?

Cheers

Steve
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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thank you speedsteve
I've send you an PM
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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The original spec was no more than 30mA, later revised to 50mA.
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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Yep, 50mA. or below.................Steve and I had an ongoing thread discussion on that one!
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